Cartridge-pouch



' vwo. D. COLLINS.

. A* Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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, OLIVER D. COLLINS, or "sNow I IILL, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,804," dated November 6,' 1883.

b Applica-tion nieu January 29,1883. Nqm`9de1.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known `that I, QLIvnR D. COLLINS, of Snow Hill, in the county of Worcester and State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Cartridge-Pouch, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved cartridge-pouch, in which a large number of cartridges can be carried very conveniently, and from which pouch the cartridges can be withdrawnvery easily and rapidly when required. TheA invention consists in a series of tubes united side by side, open at the upper ends, and provided at the lower^ends with latches for holding .the cartridges in the tube and perl mitting with drawing them from the tubes when required. l

The invention also'consists in parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Referenceis to be had'to the accompanying drawings,

formingpart of ythis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate' corresponding parts in all the figures.,

Figure l 'is a longitudinal View of my improved cartridge-pouch. Fig. 2is an enlarged detail inverted plan view of the lower Aends of the tubes. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinalsectional view ofthe lower end of one ofthe tubes.

A series of tubes, A, made of leather, duck,

v canvas, or analogous material, are united sidel by side to form apouch, as shown in Fig.` 1. To the upper edge of thepouch thus formed a belt or waist-strap, B, provided with a buckle, is fastened at the ends, and a shoulder-strap, C, providedwith a buckle, is'also attached to the ends of `the pouch. Bracestraps D, for supporting the middle of the pouch, extend from the middle'of the top of the same to the shoulder-strap, as shown, and are held to the same by means of buckles. The tubes A are of suiiicient diameter to receive a cartridge, and are open-at the yupper ends, and in the lower end of each a piece, E, of metallic tubing is secured by means of a rivet or otherwise, which tubing E projects a a short distance from the lower endof the tube A. 1

The tubing is provided on its outer surface,

at diametrically-opposite points, with jaws F, between which latches G, parallel with the.

longitudinal axis of the tubing, are pivoted, which latches are provided aty the inner or upthe center of the tube.

fper ends with prongs H, projecting toward the central axis of the tube, which prongs are adaptedto pass through apertures or slots a in the tube E. Below or beyond the, outer edge of the tube E the latches G are provided with jaws J, projecting toward the longitudinal axis of the tube. Springs K, secured tov the tube E, press on .the latches G below the pivots, whereby the prongs H will be pressed through the apertures a in the tube, and the jaws J will be pressed in the direction from The cartridges M are placed into the tubes A withthe upper ends upward, one cartridge resting on the other, and the bottom of the' lowest cartridge resting on the prongs H, and thus prevented from sliding out of the tubes A. If a cartridge is to be withdrawn from a tube, the outer ends of the latches G are pressed Vtoward each other, whereby the prongs Hwill be moved outward, andwill permit the cartridge to slide out of the lower end of the tube until it strikes jaws J. If then the latches G are released,the springs Kpress the inner ends ofthe latches inward again and the outer ends outward, and-the cartridge can be withdrawn entirely. rllhe following cartridge will strike against the prongs H, and will be'prevented from sliding out of the tube.

I have shown twelve united tubes A; but

' more or less may be united to form the pouch.

Having thus fullyA described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A cartridge-pouch consisting `of a series of tubes united side by side, and each provided with aspring-pressed latch'pivoted between ligs on the outside of the tubes, and provided with inwardlyprojecting prongs and jaws on the upper and lower ends, respectively, sub'- stantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a cartridge-pouch, the combination, with one or more tubes, A, of pliable material, and the slotted metal tube E, secured in the lower end of the said tube A, and` provided with the jaws F, of the latchesG,provided with the prongsV H and the jaws J and the spring K, substantially as herein shown and described.` y y j OLIVER D. COLLINS.

Witnesses: Y'

j WM. S. WILSON, 'IRVING SPENOE. 

